GATE 2021 Result Highlights – Pass Percentage, Scorecard Date, Paper-Wise No. of Qualified Candidates
IIT Bombay has released GATE 2021 result on March 19, and the overall pass percentage was 17.82. The scorecard of GATE 2021 will be released on March 30.
IIT Bombay has released GATE 2021 result on March 19. Along with the result, the exam authority has released the details about pass percentage, scorecard date and paper wise paper percentage. The scorecard of GATE 2021 will be released on March 30 on the GOAPS portal, and the candidates can download the same till June 30, 2021. As the GATE 2021 results are out, the datesfor CCMT 2021 counselling and COAP 2021 counselling will be notified soon. COAP 2021 registration is expected to begin in the last week of March 2021. The counselling process is expected to begin in April. You can check the highlights of the GATE 2021 result here.
GATE 2021 Result Highlights
Some of the major highlights of GATE 2021 results are vas follows –
Exam Dates | February 06, 07, 13 & 14 |
Total No. of Admit Cards Issued | 9,13,275 |
Total No. of Candidates Appeared for the Exam | 7,11,542 |
Total No. of Candidates Qualified | 1,26,813 |
Pass Percentage | 17.82% |
Paper-Wise Pass Percentage Range | 8.42% - 29.54% |
Total No. of Male Candidates Qualified | 98,732 |
Total No. of Female Candidates Qualified | 28,081 |
| Paper with Highest Pass Percentage | Geophysics (29.54%) |
| Paper with Least Pass Percentage | Statistics (8.42%) |
| Paper with Highest Cutoff Marks | Metallurgy (48.50) Psychology (48.50) |
| Total No. of Female Candidates with AIR 1 | 4 |
| Total No. of Male Candidates with AIR 1 | 34 |
Date to Download Scorecard | March 30 to June 30, 2021 |
GATE 2021 Paper Wise Pass Percentage
The paper wise pass percentage of GATE 2021 is as follows -
| Paper Name | Pass Percentage | Total No. of Candidates Appeared |
| Aerospace Engineering | 17.28 | 4,914 |
| Agriculture | 13.39 | 2,277 |
| Architecture | 22.03 | 10,857 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 19.00 | 1,684 |
| Biotechnology | 19.48 | 13,186 |
| Civil Engineering | 17.19 | 1,15,270 |
| Chemical Engineering | 20.02 | 16,705 |
| Computer Science | 17.37 | 1,01,922 |
| Chemistry | 19.33 | 23,465 |
| Electronics & Communication | 13.84 | 80,629 |
| Electrical Engineering | 17.41 | 87,559 |
| Environmental Science | 20.82 | 9,183 |
| Ecology | 19.44 | 1,718 |
| Geology | 23.70 | 4,797 |
| Geophysics | 29.54 | 826 |
| Instrumentation | 20.92 | 16,770 |
| Mathematics | 22.04 | 11,635 |
| Mechanical | 17.15 | 1,20,594 |
| Mining Engineering | 22.31 | 3,918 |
| Metallurgy | 23.06 | 3,486 |
| Petroleum Engineering | 21.09 | 2,153 |
| Physics | 20.68 | 17,499 |
| Production & Industrial | 18.21 | 2,059 |
| Statistics | 8.42 | 1,199 |
| Textile Engineering | 20.45 | 1,643 |
| XE (Engineering Sciences) | 19.83 | 22,219 |
| XH Economics | 20.16 | 2,307 |
| XH English | 21.55 | 3,846 |
| XH Linguistics | 20.00 | 315 |
| XH Philosophy | 22.49 | 538 |
| XH Psychology | 21.38 | 1,141 |
| XH Sociology | 23.35 | 1,255 |
| XL (Life Sciences) | 21.69 | 23,973 |
Compared to the previous year, there has been a dip in the pass percentage. Last year, the pass percentage was 18.8%. However, the number of candidates who appeared for the exam in 2020 was 6,85,088, which is relatively lesser than the 2021 GATE exam.
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